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Why are 12" sleeves so short?

Why are the sleeves on these figures always so short? You put them in any position other than standing at attention and it looks like their shirts just went through the dryer. What's the deal? Personally, I'd rather have longer sleeves no matter what.

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all the GI Joes with long sleeves have been plenty long. the only figure that had really, really short sleeves is the tarkin figure. those sleeves are even too short on the HOF body.

as for the star wars 12 inch line, i think the clothes fit fine on the HOF bodies they were tailored for, it's just that the bodies are horrible. i'll take too short sleeves over a crappy body any day.
but there is no excuse for dooku's sleeves being too short. hopefully the new imperial officer will have longer sleeves so i can give tarkin a new uniform.

The problem with the short sleeves is actually rooted in the design of the Action Man body used for these figures. Action Man's arms are so bulky that they cause the bunching up of the sleeves on the arm. And his arms are actually too short for his body anyway. Action Man just stinks, plain and simple. I wish Hasbro would switch to using a GI Joe body for all their 12" figures.